• Eatontown schools pilot online assessment tool

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Next spring, students at the Margaret L. Vetter Elementary School and Meadow Brook School will take an annual state assessment test on a computer. Eatontown’s school district is among several in the state to participate in the second round of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College…

  • Program to focus on history of local ales

    The Long Branch Free Public Library will present a free program on the history of Long Branch beer bottling at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at the library’s meeting room at 328 Broadway. The program, “Uncorking the Past: Bottles and Brews in Long Branch,” will be presented by local historian and collector Glenn Vogel. Antique Long…

  • Townhouse hearing slated for Dec. 17 in Long Branch

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city Planning Board will begin hearing an application for an 11-unit townhouse development on Dec. 17, two months later than originally scheduled. The application by TDB Associates was carried from Oct. 15 after opponents of the project filed a legal challenge. Arguing before state Superior Court…

  • November events for youngsters at West Long Branch Library

    “Wind in the Willows” Favorite Character Vote, Nov. 6-30. Participants can cast a vote for their favorite character and be eligible to win tickets to a performance of “A Wind in the Willows Christmas” as part of the One Book One Community event, sponsored by Two River Theater Co. of Red Bank. Children can choose…

  • Local couples among first to wed in New Jersey

    By KEITH HEUMILLER & NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writers Ed Zipprich, left, stands with other members of the Red Bank Human Relations Committee during the dedication of an “inclusive communities” sign at Veterans Park in 2008. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR For same-sex couples throughout Monmouth County, equal rights is now a reality. Just after midnight on…

  • Genealogy resources at library

    I n honor of Family History Month, the Long Branch Free Public Library at 328 Broadway will spotlight its subscription to Ancestry Library Edition. Patrons can use this database for free when accessed from any of the public computers in the library’s adult services department. Using Ancestry, patrons can search for ancestors in multiple sources…

  • Residents air concerns over proposed Wawa

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer EATONTOWN EATONTOWN — Neighbors’ concerns over traffic and the need for a convenience store/gas station dominated the first Planning Board hearing on an application for a Wawa, gas station and Chick-fil-A restaurant at the corner of Route 35 North and Wyckoff Road. The proposed development, which would also include a…

  • Christie, Buono outline ideals

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced Gov. Chris Christie he Nov. 5 election is quickly approaching, and Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono are campaigning steadfastly, throwing jabs at one another whenever they can as they travel around the state. Twenty-four days before the election, Christie, after traveling…

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